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Free agent second baseman Mark Ellis has retired, he told the San Francisco Chronicle.

"It was definitely time," Ellis said. "My kids are getting older and I kind of realized it was time to do something else." The 37-year-old struggled to a .180/.253/.213 line in 73 games with the Cardinals in 2014. It was an unseemly end to a decent career, much of it spent with the Athletics. Wed, Feb 25, 2015 11:00:00 PM

CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that Mark Ellis "may play one more year."

Ellis, 37, had a disastrous lone season in St. Louis, batting just .180/.253/.213 over 73 games. He was reasonably productive in 2013, however, and is known as a good clubhouse guy. Some team will surely be willing to give him a shot, but he'll have to settle for well less than the $5.25 million he made this season. Mon, Nov 3, 2014 09:50:00 AM

Ellis is recovered from his left oblique strain and will be back on the Cardinals' bench for Monday's series-opener against the Pirates. The veteran infielder has hit just .192/.267/.228 in 65 games this season. Mon, Sep 1, 2014 12:42:00 PM

Cardinals placed 2B Mark Ellis on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain.

Ellis could be sidelined until mid-September. Greg Garcia has been called up from Triple-A Memphis in a corresponding roster move and will back up multiple positions on the infield. Ellis has struggled this season for St. Louis, batting just .192/.267/.228. Tue, Aug 19, 2014 04:26:00 PM

Lynn didn't pitch at the big league level in 2016 as he recovered from Tommy John surgery, making just two minor league rehab starts. He's expected to be fully healthy and ready to go for the start of spring training. Prior to his injury, he compiled an excellent 3.37 ERA and 766/291 K/BB ratio over 791 1/3 innings with the Cardinals.

A right knee injury kept Lyons out of action for the final two months of the 2016 season, and on November 5 general manager John Mozeliak relayed that the injury was "not responding as quickly as we hoped." Lyons' current recovery timetable from the surgery is set at 5-6 months. Along those lines, a return in late spring would be the most optimistic outlook here. Prior to the season-ending injury, Lyons had pitched to a 3.38 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and 46/14 K/BB ratio over 48 frames.

Zach Duke underwent Tommy John surgery and also had his flexor muscle repaired last week.

This comes out of nowhere, as we hadn't heard of any elbow trouble that Duke was having until now. However, he is coming off a career-high 81 appearances in 2016, and it appears that his arm just couldn't hold up. He'll miss the entire 2017 season before hitting free agency the following winter.